Watched this show this season on DVR to see how weird it could get. Answer: very. The ever-increasing focus on 'Rusty' became a downward spiral of nonsense, interspersed w/grimy little torture porn vignettes - often homophobic. Capt Raydor moved from a proficient, interestingly straitlaced senior police officer to a quivering parody of foster motherhood.
'Rusty' continued sulky, impulsive, Vulnerable w/a capital V, flipping his elaborate shag incessantly - and an entire Metropolitan police division devoted most of their working hours to obsessively worrying about that vulnerability. Raydor has a protected witness living in her apartment? She's his new, good mother?? Very, very weird - and unpleasant.
Teenage hustling is an old story in major cities - sad, often tragic, with neglect and survival at odds on a daily basis. Having a 23yo actor portray a 16? 17? yo teen is not believable - call that character a child is just discordant. Making the bewigged killer a victim of the same vicious cycle comes off as sensationalistic homophobia.
A cast of very talented actors have created interesting and believable characters in both this series and and the previous "Closer" - but the quality of the scripts has drastically deteriorated. "Rusty Gets Stalked" has become an occasionally hilarious wincefest - but thank god for DVR, so we can get through this time filler in 20 minutes - if we bother to watch at all.
'Rusty' continued sulky, impulsive, Vulnerable w/a capital V, flipping his elaborate shag incessantly - and an entire Metropolitan police division devoted most of their working hours to obsessively worrying about that vulnerability. Raydor has a protected witness living in her apartment? She's his new, good mother?? Very, very weird - and unpleasant.
Teenage hustling is an old story in major cities - sad, often tragic, with neglect and survival at odds on a daily basis. Having a 23yo actor portray a 16? 17? yo teen is not believable - call that character a child is just discordant. Making the bewigged killer a victim of the same vicious cycle comes off as sensationalistic homophobia.
A cast of very talented actors have created interesting and believable characters in both this series and and the previous "Closer" - but the quality of the scripts has drastically deteriorated. "Rusty Gets Stalked" has become an occasionally hilarious wincefest - but thank god for DVR, so we can get through this time filler in 20 minutes - if we bother to watch at all.